Beard of Bees

by Our Wild America

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"Let me in your bedroom door, before I can't buzz no more..."

Swirling sounds of orchestras, springtime, and sex mix with the melancholy of americana soul and unrequited love. Mixing ardor with the bees' need to pollinate and spread spring's color, this is the story of a would-be lover running out of patience… or is it time?

Recorded at Mason Jar Music in Bushwick, Brooklyn, "Beard of Bees" features swirling organs, strings, and pedal steel, all dancing atop a soulful groove. buzz buzz buzz...

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Oh sugar don’t taste so sweet
Sugar don’t taste like sugar no more
I sip a cold cup of tea
A bitter brew is all they pour

Stir me up I’m a beard of bees
Buzzing round your bedroom door
Let me in, I’m crying
Let me in, I’m dying
Let me in your bedroom door… before I can’t buzz no more

Lately I don’t trust my feet
They lead me back where I’ve been before
Oh, I’d steer clear of these old streets
But these foolish feet lead me to your door

Stir me up I’m a beard of bees
Buzzing round your bedroom door
Let me in, I’m crying
Let me in, I’m dying
Let me in your bedroom door… before I can’t buzz no more

I’m the humming on the wind
I’m the sweet that likes to sting
I’m every flower’s friend
I’m sugar on the wind
Mmm mmm mmm

And all these people come and bother me
Dressed in nets and cloaked in smoke
They come to take what’s mine for free
They cut my comb and watch the honey pour

Stir me up I’m a beard of bees
Buzzing round your bedroom door
Let me in, I’m crying
Let me in, I’m dying
Let me in your bedroom door… before I can’t buzz no more

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released June 25, 2021
Bass - Jeremy McDonald
B3 Organ and Piano - Todd Caldwell
Classical guitar, vocals - Alec Gross
Drums - Konrad Meissner
Electric Guitar - Will Hensley
Cello - Ward Williams
Violin - Michael Hunter

Recorded at Mason Jar Music, Bushwick
Engineered by Jeremy MacDonald
Mixed by Will Hensley
Vocal Direction and Recording by John McGrew
String Arrangements by Ward Williams
Cover photo by www.annaazarov.com

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Songs to spark conversation by a singer with a guitar and harmonica then some other lovely things

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